Former rocker Gary Glitter paid £2,200 (€3,200) to the families of Vietnamese girls of whom he is accused of sexually abusing, in exchange for their co-operation, his lawyer said today.

There is no guarantee that former rocker Gary Glitter’s lawyers will succeed in bailing him out of jail, where he’s being held on suspicion of having sex with underage girls, police said today.

Vietnam will detain former rocker Gary Glitter for three months while authorities investigate allegations he had sex with underage girls, a prosecutor announced today.

A Vietnamese prosecutor said today that Gary Glitter will be detained for three months under suspicion of committing obscene acts with a child.